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The Joint Degree Program
The Joint Degree Program is the first to help students combine a Law degree with a MD, MPH, PhD or MS in:
We train students to tackle the toughest problems of the 21st century, the problems that respect no disciplinary borders and demand fundamentally new answers to address issues in science & society.


2008 Graduates of the Joint Degree ProgramJoint Degree Program Graduates 5 Students!

Please join us in congratulating this year's graduates of the Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences.
A reception was held in their honor on April 17, 2008, from 4-7pm in the Robins-Kaplan Concourse, University of Minnesota Law School.

Graduating with degrees in both of their programs this year are:
  • Lisbeth Robinson, JD, PhD in Pharmacology
  • Kari Bomash, JD, MPH in Public Health Administration & Policy
  • Stephanie Johnson, JD, MS in Water Resources Science
  • KJ Starr, JD, MPH in Community Health Education
  • Sharada Devarasetty, JD, MS in MCDB&G (not pictured)

The Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences and the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment, and the Life Sciences are proud to be among the University's many interdisciplinary initiatives overseen by Senior Vice President and Provost of Academic Affairs, E. Thomas Sullivan. Read more about interdisciplinary research and education at the University of Minnesota...

Student Honors & Awards

Students in the Joint Degree Program continue to excel. They are passionate about their studies and we look forward to watching their innovative and ambitious goals take shape. Click here to see honors and awards our students have earned.


Program News
BMGC Seeks New Director
Applications are invited for the position of Director, in the Biomedical Genomics Research Center (BMGC) at the University of Minnesota (www.bmgc.umn.edu).

Prof. Susan Wolf & Jordan Paradise at ELSI
The conference offers three days of intensive programming—almost 30 sessions encompassing more than 90 presentations.

MJLST 9.1 Online Now
The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST) is pleased to announce that full text articles of Volume 9, Issue 1 are now available online at http://mjlst.umn.edu/

Faegre & Benson Professor of Law Reappointment
Professor Susan Wolf was reappointed as the Faegre & Benson Professor of Law.

Upcoming Events
May 13, 2008
Institute on the Environment: Intelligent Storage Workshop--Keynote speaker Dave Reinsel will talk about "Our Expanding Digital World: Can We Contain it? Can We Manage it?"

May 14, 2008
Front Runners: Women with Political Ambition--In this two-hour workshop, women candidates and elected officials will talk about their campaign experiences.

May 20, 2008
Transportation Options in a Greenhouse: Alternative Strategies to Lowering Our Carbon Footprint--The last of four seminars in the "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota" study.

May 21, 2008
She’s No Lady: Politics, Family, and International Feminism--The Women and Politics Reading Group will discuss this work by Senior Fellow Emerita Arvonne Fraser.



         


 
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